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Kodama, Taketoshi – 1983
Several topics related to the provision of preschool education in Japan are discussed. First detailed are the history and present situation of the preschool education system; both kindergartens as well as nursery schools are described. The second section focuses on the teaching content of kindergartens and nursery schools, specifying goals related…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Download full textHale-Benson, Janice – 1986
The features of an early childhood education demonstration program, Visions for Children, are delineated in this paper. The program was designed to facilitate the intellectual development, boost the academic achievement, and enhance the self-concepts of African-American preschool children. The program implements a curriculum that focuses on…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Education
Peterson, Paula J. – 1984
Intended for use in family day care, preschool centers, professional preparation institutions, and in homes, this comprehensive health education curriculum for 3- through 5-year-old children contains units designed to sequentially teach concepts about physical health, mental health, family living, and safety. Contents include the following…
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Life, Health Education, Instructional Materials
Haley, Virginia – 1984
A practicum was conducted primarily to increase prekindergarten teachers' skills as well as their personal feelings of competence and confidence as they worked in interest centers set up and planned by other teachers. A secondary goal was to decrease the number of interruptions during the school day due to questions and problems resulting from the…
Descriptors: Competence, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Parent School Relationship
Hostrawser, Sara – 1980
This document provides a guide for setting up a church-sponsored nursery school. Chapter One outlines the verbal-cognitive model of preschool education which emphasizes interaction between teacher and child. Perceptual, motor, cognitive, social, emotional, and language objectives are indicated. Chapter Two covers aspects of school management such…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cognitive Development, Costs, Early Childhood Education
Roggman, Lori; And Others – 1976
This curriculum guide contains monthly work plans and weekly activity units for a Home Start Program. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the home, the family unit, and the education and development of young children by their own parents. Yearly goals include concern for the following: physical and dental health, nutrition, mental health and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Health
Allen, Ruth A. – 1978
A non-sexist preschool program was developed which attempted to eliminate sex-stereotyping in room arrangement, classroom materials, curriculum units, and teacher behavior and language. Measurements of sex-role stereotyping administered to the children before and after a 6-month exposure to the non-sexist program consisted of an Occupation Clue…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Instructional Materials, Masters Theses, Preschool Children
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
For each of 4 years varying numbers (from 45 to 750) of 3- to 5-year-old children, mostly Mexican-American, Spanish speaking, participated in a program aimed at language development. Classes met 3 hours daily, five times a week, in small discussion-and-activity groups that included five children and one adult. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Experimental Programs, Games, Health
Pollak, Ruth S., Ed.; Freed, Judith G., Assoc. Ed. – 1968
This report presents recommendations for the establishment of an early education program based on the Passow Report (that the District of Columbia undertake a major program of schooling for disadvantaged preschool children, and that this program be integrated into the school system). A large portion of the report discusses the rationale of the…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Career Opportunities, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth
DeFranco, Ellen – 1968
This curriculum guide for teachers was developed for preschool education in the Child Observation and Parent-Preschool Child Classes conducted through the Parent Education Program, Division of Adult Education of Los Angeles City Schools. The classes for which this curriculum guide is intended are attended by parents and their children, ages two to…
Descriptors: Activities, Art Activities, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides
Cupp, Janet R.
The instructional program of the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (Darcee) preschool is discussed in terms of the skill development objectives of the curriculum and the role which content plays in the instructional program. The primary purpose of the program is to implement research activities through a curriculum sequentially…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Disadvantaged Youth
Service Corp. of America, Baltimore, MD. – 1974
This report presents evaluative information on the 1973-74 John Burroughs Montessori Pre-School Program, a project which successfully adapts the Montessori method to the public school setting. Specifically, the report describes: (1) the program in terms of its objectives and philosophy; (2) the characteristics of participants in the program; (3)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Learning Readiness, Parent Participation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1968
This booklet explains the objectives and curriculum of the program used in the California Children's Centers. This program is based upon the belief that each child should have an opportunity to fulfill his total development as an individual. The curriculum is geared to nine objectives: protecting health and growth, furthering physical development,…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Emotional Development
Bouchard, Ruth Ann; Mackler, Bernard – 1966
This report provides an in-depth description of an early (1965) Head Start classroom for 4-year-olds in Harlem, New York City. It is based on direct, in-class observation, but standardized tests and interviews were also utilized. The teacher is described in terms of her role in the preschool, and her behavior in interaction with children and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Experience
Zamoff, Richard B.; And Others – 1973
This evaluation report is based primarily on interviews administered to Head Start parents and staff at 26 Head Start centers during 1972-73. Chapter I provides a summary of major findings and recommendations. Chapter II summarizes the current status of the health education curriculum guide, "Healthy, That's Me" and discusses the…
Descriptors: Books, Curriculum Evaluation, Guides, Health Education
